By Kevin Healy The "Truth Speaks Louder Than" award of the week must go to NSW Supremo Nick Grinner, who stood in the witness box Thursday and described his former minister Terry Methatsall as dishonourable, untrustworthy etc etc, and then said
57
WASHINGTON — "The big fossil fuel industries have turned what was supposed to be the jewel in the crown of the Earth Summit into a lump of coal", commented Greenpeace spokesperson Paul Hohnen on the Earth Summit global warming accord signed by
MELBOURNE — Malaysian sawn timber imports fell last year to their second lowest level since 1954, according to figures compiled by the Melbourne Rainforest Action Group (MRAG). This fall was partly due a shift in consumer preference towards
The Committee to Defend Human Rights in El Salvador (CDHRES) is organising the "Feliciano Ama" work and solidarity brigade to travel to El Salvador in December. The brigade will participate in the construction of a city to be named "Guillermo
By Norm Dixon Chilling new evidence has come to light of the involvement of the highest political and military levels of the South African state in murders and disappearances of anti-apartheid activists. Documents leaked to the progressive
Cuba presses UN on terrorism NEW YORK — The United Nations Security Council "is not and cannot be allowed to become, a secret society or private club", Cuban ambassador Ricardo Alarcon said on May 14. Alarcon was commenting on a UN
Women's business By Tracy Sorensen Anthropologist Diane Bell tells the story of driving Aboriginal women to their home camp across the Central Australian desert. It was dark, and she took a wrong fork in the dirt track. Suddenly, she was
By Norm Dixon The determination of the South African government to entrench white minority rule in any new constitution has stalled the Conference for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA) negotiations. The uncompromising demand of President F.W.
Unsaid summit By Barry Brown The 1992 UNCED conference in Rio de Janeiro is seen by many observers as destined to fail. A great danger exists that a hollow agreement will be thrashed out among the nouveau green political leaders in response
Thailand Yet another glimpse into the reality of the New World Order emerged on our television screens on May 18 as Thai troops mercilessly opened fire and killed at least 100 peaceful demonstrators demanding democracy. The Thai military
Environmental scientist PETER NEWMAN argues that urban villages near transit centres would lower car dependence and curb urban sprawl. Ecological thinking is not just being aware of nature, it requires a way of thinking which is more organic,
By Michael Karadjis On May 6, a court in Greece, which regards itself as "the birthplace of democracy", sentenced four people to 19 months in prison for handing out a leaflet. Another six people are already spending six months in jail for
- Page 1
- Next page